Originally posted by Profusion
I want to briefly discuss why someone would want to be childlike. The following quote is supposedly a quote from Jesus.

"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

I believe that quote is essentially true. In my view, we must have an open mind the way children are in order to see a lot of truth.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here…it is about being able to see truth…I believe Jesus was focusing on the specific positive aspects
of a child, in that verse…

Becoming like a child in context of entering the Kingdom and finding truth is about letting go of preconceived ideas. It’s very difficult for new
and different truths to enter in, when people cling to fixed ideas about how they believe/imagine things to be…But for these truths to enter in, one
must also open up to hearing Gods truth…which brings me onto my next point…

I believe there is also a more direct yet subtle point behind the verse too, which although simple, is often overlooked; It’s to do with recognizing
that we are a child of the living Father…i.e. that we are a son of God.

When we become aware of our spiritual connection to the Father, we will also realize our own son ship and that we are all children…which is in turn
directly related to entering the Kingdom of God…

"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

I can only agree.

We are all children of God.
If you do not recognize your complete dependance on God, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Thats for a Reason: In truth God made you to be completely dependant on you.

Body was made by your wish to be independent of God, which is not possibile. God is giving you live each and every second. And he is unwilling to stop
it.

So the body dies, but you in your essence or soul cannot die. This is the child of God.

So you, as human, have to attain the attitude that children have, (the ones which haven't been conditioned yet)
which is

Nonjudgemental - in this world you cannot judge and be fair, only God's judgement is fair. Silent (as in quiet - listening to GOD. not as in silent as being feared which is how world loves to look at it) Trusting ( that God is caring over you and leading you into happiness.Actually, you are living in paradise, but believe that you have exchanged
it for something else.) Joyfull ( as joy without reason. the world is apt to teach you that you need a reason for happiness and joy, which is not true.Try to avoid the
jokes on cost of others, especially the one of which you know to make them feel bad. The 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' view is made by
this world and need to be forgiven and forgotten)

Or simply: Be yourself (the worldly child) before conditioning took place. Maybe the world will not aggree, but there is no world outside.
The world you see is a hologram, driven by your beliefs (as to explain it plainly as possibile). It is a movie which you choose to watch.

originally posted by: Hombre
We are all children of God.
If you do not recognize your complete dependance on God, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

I think what you have said above is the belief of an individual who has very little self control, so you place all accountability for your existance
in the hands of something that cannot be proven. Not the logic of an intelligent "grown up".

originally posted by: HarryJoy
Another aspect that I find important regarding child likeness. Children are touched by the pain of others to a higher degree than adults. ..generally
speaking. It is hard. ..almost impossible to retain that level of sympathy and sensitivity into adulthood.

Which reminds me of one of my favorite bible verses. "I will take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And will cause you to walk
in my statutes. Eze 36:26

I have been told to grow up because of how much I sympathize with the homeless and poor, to the point that I will even go sleep next to them.

Many many many people call me stupid and dangerous for doing things like that.

originally posted by: Hombre
We are all children of God.
If you do not recognize your complete dependance on God, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

I think what you have said above is the belief of an individual who has very little self control, so you place all accountability for your existance
in the hands of something that cannot be proven. Not the logic of an intelligent "grown up".

Also, do you accept that you could be wrong?

Load of garbage.

Reliance on God requires more self-control than one can even muster.

Try it. When you're hurting, pray to God and reject a pill. Then tell me that praying isn't very much harder than taking a pill.

originally posted by: Hombre
We are all children of God.
If you do not recognize your complete dependance on God, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

I think what you have said above is the belief of an individual who has very little self control, so you place all accountability for your existance
in the hands of something that cannot be proven. Not the logic of an intelligent "grown up".

Also, do you accept that you could be wrong?

Ahem, the proof you can experience, if you would like to. It takes practice in undoing the Ego and Conditioning, but the rewards are Great.

Of course i can accept that what i said could be wrong because Only God is right.

If you do not recognize your complete dependance on God, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

God is giving you life, in truth. You are completly dependant of him to live. The best comparison is like Sun is giving live to the sunray.
And even Jesus/Bible said something like "You are the light of the world".
Thats because your true identity is this Light, and not the Body.

From the body's point of view you can deny this, but thats one of the reasons why the body exists as such.
Considering that body's eye cannot see God, because they were made to see everything else but God, you will find very little evidences of Him, unless
you experience Guidance from, what i call, unseen force.

You cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven as long as you are listening to the Ego. Because you can Listen either to God or to the Ego (as such were you
created in truth, by God)

Well...it sounds like you are gaining a perspective that most people will never experience.

It seems that all of the people that I have been friends with in life are the ones that are on the edge of functioning society. ..Not quite homeless
but just a step away. I often see strengths in them that I myself do not possess and find myself in admiration of them for one reason or another.

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